**Primary Details
Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee
Senior Finance Business Partner
London or Leeds
Fixed Term Contract – 12 Month
The Opportunity
QBE Europe is currently recruiting for a 12-month fixed term contract to join a well-established and successful expense finance team in our London or Leeds office. In this role you will lead a team of 2 finance business partners who provide expert financial knowledge and guidance to QBE enabling functions on their expense management and the delivery of initiatives, including measurement of anticipated benefits. You will support the senior management team on all aspects of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and management accounting activity across the Enabling Divisions of QBE European Operations. QBE enabling functions include Claims, Operations, Human Resources, Finance and Actuarial and Risk.
Your new role
- Proactive Business Partnering by reaching out and exploring the activities of the Executive Management Board and their leadership teams.
- Develop strong relationships and credibility with the respective divisional personnel, and act as a trusted adviser on matters relating to finance.
- Lead the financial planning and analysis process for the divisions ensuring accurate tracking vs. budget/reforecast; investigation & explanation for variances arising; and communication of performance to key stakeholders.
- Add commercial value through delivery of clear, targeted analytics to enable appropriate management action to be taken and commercial value delivered.
- Build a strong culture of accountability, to ensure output and quality of the services meet stakeholder/customer expectations and are in line with agreed KPIs
- Invest in development and give individuals in your team the opportunity to expand and diversify their knowledge and experience.
About you
To thrive in the role as a Senior Finance Business Partner here at QBE, we would expect you to have working experience in most of the following areas:
- Proven ability to build successful internal business relationships.
- Ability to simplify and communicate finance terminology to non-financial colleagues
- Be resilient to challenge and not afraid to back themselves with senior management.
- Ability to represent Finance to all stakeholders
- Strong accounting skills
Why QBE? At My Best
At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that's why we have created "At My Best". It's our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn't fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It's in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.
We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.?
QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (https://careers/flex-qbe/).
With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.
To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website.
At My Best - QBE Benefits
You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally. FOR UK ONLY: As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!
30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes. Our pension strategy supports our net-zero goal to achieve year-on-year reductions in carbon footprint, by investing more in green businesses than the broader market, so your savings are looking after the planet's future, as well as your own.
Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.
To find out more visit our Reward Page
QBE Awards
Some of the award's QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include;?
AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year
Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer
UK IT Industry Awards 2023 Winner: Green Technology Innovation of the Year
Working Dads Employer Awards 2023 Winner: Parental Policies Award
Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employe
You can view all our awards here
Inclusion of Diversity
We are striving to create a workplace culture where all our people feel